Beacon Hills iPad Sessions - 16 April 2012

with Pennie White, Xcitelogic

9:00 – 10:00am iAnnotate/iThoughts HD Room BM13

Potential Uses in the classroom:

• Collaboration
• Giving feedback on drafts
• Classroom activities such as highlight the pronouns - students could attach a sound and click it when the word is reached.
• Students can annotate news items or other resources to demonstrate understand and identify information in a text
• Assessment/Peer Assessment
• Mindmapping
• Brainstorming/Writing Starter

iAnnotate App
How to use iAnnotate, including making annotations. Use Bodhi’s Chapter 1.
http://www.branchfire.com/iannotate/iA-2.0_User_Guide.pdf or in dropbox “iannotate”.

iThoughts HD App
iThoughtsHD is a very useful app in preparing mindmaps.
Ask participants if they have used it before.

Discussion of how it can be used in the classroom.
Quick Demonstration of the basics
Play how to video
http://www.ithoughts.co.uk/iThoughtsHD/Getting_Started.html

Hands On - Mindmapping Activities


If there is time you can develop a class activity with either iAnnotate or iThoughtsHD.

10 – 12:30pm Junior School Sessions (Junior School)

Using IPADs in the classroom in a meaningful way.

Animoto - student sample http://animoto.com/play/TioxhoaqRUa6T27veR5rAQ

Introduction of some good Apps for the Junior School classroom.

Introduction:

• How to download audio, video files (Teachers have AVPlayer HD - demo uploading an .avi file and playing it)
• File Management
• Cutting and Pasting between Apps
• Using Drop Box

Creative Book Builder:
Building on this then work on developing resources in Creative Book Builder.
Make reference to general skills outlined in the introduction.

http://creativebookbuilderpd.wikispaces.com/


If time permits

• work on some additional Essential Apps (I have attached our list)

I think perhaps focus in on things such as:

• iThoughtsHD
• Keynote

Finish off:

Demonstration of some other Apps that you have had exposure to that could be picked up by our teachers in planning for 2012 and 2013.
How to make a screenshot
Voice Recorder - Reading Chinese Cinderella
Popplet http://www.popplet.com
Garage Band
http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/education-apps
http://www.lilydale.hs.vic.edu.au/files/file/Notebook%20&%20iPad%20Pgm/IPADRequiredApps.pdf
http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/support (/in your hands ipads for learning)

Extra exploring:
http://ipadschools.wikispaces.com/

LUNCH

1:15 – 3:15 General Help Desk BM16

For follow up that you have in any app you are wanting to use but in particular those covered in the morning sessions.

• Keynote
• iThoughtsHD
• iAnnotate
• Explain Everything

Other apps could include:

• Number
• Pages
• Goodreader

Also if there are any issues pertaining to your general use such as:

• Dropbox
• Syncing your iPad
• iTunes accounts